UNIVERSITY
OF ARIZONA
School
of Information Resources & Library Science
IRLS
501
Knowledge
Structures I
Summer
I -- 2004
Instructor: Deborah J. Karpuk
E-mail: arizonakarpuk@aol.com
Office
hours: Following class, E-mail
WebCT will be
used for online lectures and discussion
Course
Objective:
This course
provides a framework for understanding the organization of information and the
implications for knowledge management.
Decisions regarding the organization of materials, access points,
vocabulary control, thesauri, and user perspectives will be covered.
Course
Meetings:
IRLS 501 will
meet: June 7th – July 8th
June 7th: 10:00
a.m. – 5:45 p.m. (Note start time)
June 8th: 9:00
a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
June 9th: 9:00
a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
June 10th: 9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
June 11th: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Classroom: Steward Observatory, Room 204
WebCT
Lectures/Discussions:
Weekly WebCT
lectures/discussions:
June 17th,
June 24th, July 1st * July 8th
(Thursday
evenings, 6:30-8:00 p.m.; WebCT Chat Room)
Course
Readings:
Textbook:
The course
text is available at the University Bookstore.
Rowley,
Jennifer and John Farrow. ORGANIZING
KNOWLEDGE: AN INTRODUCTION TO MANAGING ACCESS TO INFORMATION. 3rd ed. (Burlington, Ct.: Gower, 2000)
[Entire text will be read for IRLS 501]
Additional
Readings:
(ELECTRONIC
RESERVES)
Readings are
in alphabetical order under IRLS501.
Note that readings
are for on-campus meetings and for online discussions.
Password: IRLS501 (case sensitive)
The instructor
will distribute additional readings in class.
The core
components of the project included below.
The DRAFT dates provide for beginning each section of the project during
the week on campus.
Points for
each section will be assigned with the FINAL SUBMISSION.
This strategy
provides the opportunity to begin each area of the project as the topic is
being covered in class lecture, simulation exercises and discussion.
Application
Draft Due Dates and % points:
|
Non-bibliographical
organizational problem |
20 |
June 7, 2004 |
|
Bibliographic
description |
10 |
June 8, 2004 |
|
Subject
headings, thesauri, indexes |
20 |
June 9, 2004 |
|
Classification |
10 |
June 10,
2004 |
|
User
perspectives and searching |
20 |
June 11,
2004 |
|
Final
project and debriefing |
20 |
See Below |
PROJECTS WILL
BE MAILED TO DR. K’S POST OFFICE BOX.
Include
sufficient postage for the return of your project.
Project is
detailed on a separate handout: Individual Project
Methodology:
This course
will be conducted through lecture, class discussion, in-class exercises, an
individual project, and online discussions.
The instructor retains the option to examine on course content. Participation is required.
Grading Scale:
|
A |
93+ |
|
B |
86-92 |
|
C |
78-85 |
|
D |
70-77 |
|
F |
69 AND BELOW |
|
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Attendance is
required in order to get an “A” in the class.
Classes begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. (except on June 7th, at
10:00 a.m.) and end promptly at 5:45 p.m.
On June 11th, class ends at 5:30 p.m.
Office hours
are before class, during lunch hour, and immediately after class.
Organization
of Course Topics:
The course is
divided into three sections. Read
course materials PRIOR to the class session.
Review the readings, class lecture and simulation exercises and APPLY
the information to your individual project.
Section I:
Readings:
Borges “The
Library of Babel”
Rowley pages
3-92
Borgman
“Access to information”, p. 53-80
Svenonius
“Information organization”, p. 1-14; “Bibliographic objectives”, p. 15-30
Rosenfeld
“Organizing information”, p. 22-46
Class handouts
(examples, exercises, discussion points)
Section II:
Readings:
Rowley pages
52-271
Borgman “Why
are digital libraries hard to use”, p. 117-141
Winchester
“Roget and his brilliant unrivaled, maligh, and detestable thesaurus”, The Atlantic Monthly,
May 2001 [Available through WWW, UMI
Proquest]
Petroski
“Order, order”, p. 233-252 in THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF (New York: Knopf,
1999) [will bring to class]
Class handouts
(examples, exercises, discussion points)
Section III:
Readings:
Rowley pages
275-391
Class handouts
(examples, exercises, discussion points)
Students are
invited to bring additional readings and examples from research projects.
WebCT ONLINE
DISCUSSIONS, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., WebCT Chat
Electronic
Reserves under: IRLS 501 section 851
June 17th: Ashley, Blazek (two articles), Bowler, Brown
June 25th: Day (two articles), Herron, Hurt
July 1st: Katz, Lavely, Spanner
July 8th: Stokes (two articles), Tibbo, Seggern
REMEMBER:
Individual
Project guidelines are a separate document